Students’ Questions about Literature Page 48

Odysseus is a hero because he is brave and he is smart.

A major theme of Harrison Bergeron is the importance of individuality and the dangers of conformity.

Athena helped Odysseus in his journey home by disguised as Mentes, the lord of the Taphians, and she convinced him to go to Ithaca. She also helped him by appearing to Telemachus and Odysseus as an old friend, and she gave them both wise counsel.

Andrew Jackson is a hero because he was the seventh president of the United States and he fought in the War of 1812.

The Color Purple was banned because it contained explicit sexual content and offensive language.

First, the family stops eating together and Gregor becomes a nuisance that they try to ignore. Second, Gregor’s room becomes increasingly dirty and his family starts to neglect him.

Medea was written by Euripides in 431 BC.

In “The Masque of the Red Death,” the clock symbolizes the unstoppable march of time toward death, which claims victims regardless of their social status.

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales. The work is a collection of 24 stories told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England.

Oedipus killed his father to avenge his death and to prevent him from remarrying his mother.